First Super Speedway

Magnificent Ride of the Black Beast

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By: Mark Dill

This is my wife's favorite excerpt from my book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway." Autographed copies available at the link.

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1911 Indianapolis 500 champ Ray Harroun is alive again in the new book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway," (

Indy 500

Roger McCluskey

Ralph Mulford

Carl Fisher

Bert Dingley

Charlie Merz

A.R. Pardington

11/06/2011

Here is New York Times coverage of Howard Kroplick and his Alco "Black Beast" that raced in the very first Indy 500.